Virtual Pro Wrestling 2: Oudou Keishou

"An Incredible Wrestling Game"

Game: Virtual Pro Wrestling 2
Genere: Wrestling/Fighting
System: Nintendo 64 (import)
Compatible: Controller Pak and Rumble Pak
Required: Japanese Nintendo 64, Gameshark, or Nintendo 64 Converter
Price: $59.99 (This game is an import so you will have to buy this on the net or go to your local import store and pick up a copy.)

Modes of Play:
-Exhibition Mode
-League Mode
-Rally Mode
-Edit Mode
-Royal Road to Succession
-Tournament
-Ranking

Match Types:
-Single Match
-Tag Match
-3 Way Match
-Battle Royal
-Elimination

Arenas:
-Nippon Budokan
-Tokyo Dome (without ramp)
-Korakuen Hall
-Kawasaki Stadium
-Tokyo Dome (hidden, with ramp)

Other notes:
-Shoot Fighters and Shoot Fighting rules
-Over 100 wrestlers from AJPW, IWGP, FMW, ECW, WCW, WWF, Shoot Fighters, and wrestling legends
-Over 100 new moves and moves from World Tour, Revenge, and WM2K
-Edit Mask feature
-Several different voice options
-Three different referees
-Create a Title option with up to 26 different title designs
-Weapons from WCW/nWo Revenge and the new sickle
-Custom Mic Appeal
-Improved Wrestlers Animations
-Carry up to three belts to the ring at once
-Tons of hidden wrestlers, attires, title belts, arenas, and options

Graphics: The graphics are greatly improved from Virtual Pro Wrestling and Wrestlemania 2000. The graphics of the arenas are just incredible. They look just like the real arenas. The graphics of the wrestlers are good, but some of the wrestlers aren’t updated or are designed poorly. Rating: 8

Control: The controls are very good and easy to handle just like the original Virtual Pro Wrestling. You will be mastering the controls of this game within a few short minutes of playing this game. The controls differ in shoot fighting mode, but are still extremely easy to learn. Rating: 10

Sound/Music: Virtual Pro Wrestling 2 has great sound effects. You can hear all the bone crunching action that goes on in the ring just as in real wrestling. Each wrestler has their own entrance music. The entrance music, however, is terrible. I would rather hear the sound of chalk screeching against a chalkboard then to have to listen to the entrance music. Rating: 7

Comments: This is a great wrestling game with TONS of options for the Edit Modes. English translations of wrestler names and Arena names are in the game. The wrestlers animations are much better than the ones in Wrestlemania 2000. This game even has the AJPW ramp that you can throw your opponent off! The wrestlers entrance music is terrible. This has the old League mode from WCW/nWo World Tour. It shows your wrestler in the backstage area before the match and you can create your own mic work for your wrestler. It has lots of voice in it and an awesome new weapon, which is the sickle. This is a must buy for any WCW fan. WWF fans might not know any of the wrestlers except for Vader and Terry Funk. It is the best wrestling game ever made to this date. I recommend this game to anyone who loves wrestling games.

OVERALL: 8

Reviewer's Score: 8/10, Originally Posted: 11/06/00, Updated 11/06/00